Bought a car today
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wrote on 4 May 2021, 04:07 last edited by
Congratulations!
Few things compare to getting a new car, getting past the looking-at-everything-on-4-wheels, beating back salespeople, getting to understand which options you need and then which options you want. Only thing my new car did not have was 360-degree camera. That would be a cool feature.OK. Sit back, soak up that new car smell, put that puppy into sports mode and punch it!
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wrote on 4 May 2021, 05:21 last edited by
That's a great car, luxury and sporty. Hope you get a lot of joy with it.
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wrote on 4 May 2021, 11:29 last edited by
Why the 20" wheels? Won't that make for a rougher ride?
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wrote on 4 May 2021, 11:53 last edited by
Actually they’re 19.
It rides much smoother than the honda
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wrote on 4 May 2021, 12:13 last edited by
Did you get the "GT Premium Package" which has the heads-up display?
I have one in my car and love it.
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wrote on 4 May 2021, 12:47 last edited by
@jon-nyc said in Bought a car today:
It rides much smoother than the honda
Just curious which Honda you compared it to.
The CR-V?
What would the comparably equipped Honda cost according to your research?Actually, you might have spreadsheet comparing all the options you seriously considered. Mind sharing that spreadsheet?
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wrote on 4 May 2021, 14:37 last edited by
Awesome! That vehicle was on out shortlist, but not in that price range.
The Subaru Crosstrek won the day for us. Super cheap. lol
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wrote on 4 May 2021, 14:54 last edited by
Looks like a grey market import to me that wasn't seasoned for destination.
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wrote on 5 May 2021, 00:59 last edited by
Congratulations @jon-nyc
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wrote on 7 May 2021, 15:06 last edited by
So I came back from an errand today and came inside. A couple minutes later I get a notification on my Apple Watch.
It’s the Mazda app telling me I left the door unlocked. So I opened the app on my phone, and locked it.
Pretty cool.
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So I came back from an errand today and came inside. A couple minutes later I get a notification on my Apple Watch.
It’s the Mazda app telling me I left the door unlocked. So I opened the app on my phone, and locked it.
Pretty cool.
wrote on 7 May 2021, 16:15 last edited by@jon-nyc said in Bought a car today:
It’s the Mazda app telling me I left the door unlocked. So I opened the app on my phone, and locked it.
Does that car have an old school lock that you can open with a physical key? It would suck if a hacker or system multifunction locks you out of your car and you cannot override with a physical key. Also hope all that remote control stuff is completely physically isolated from the drive/steering system. Last think you want is for anything to remotely temper with your acceleration, breaking, steering, or gear shifting controls while you drive. If it were me I would also put the driver seat adjustment, head lights, signal lights, and wiper controls out of the mobile app's reach.
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@jon-nyc said in Bought a car today:
It’s the Mazda app telling me I left the door unlocked. So I opened the app on my phone, and locked it.
Does that car have an old school lock that you can open with a physical key? It would suck if a hacker or system multifunction locks you out of your car and you cannot override with a physical key. Also hope all that remote control stuff is completely physically isolated from the drive/steering system. Last think you want is for anything to remotely temper with your acceleration, breaking, steering, or gear shifting controls while you drive. If it were me I would also put the driver seat adjustment, head lights, signal lights, and wiper controls out of the mobile app's reach.
wrote on 7 May 2021, 16:51 last edited by Copper 5 Jul 2021, 16:51@axtremus said in Bought a car today:
Does that car have an old school lock that you can open with a physical key?
https://www.mazdausa.com/static/manuals/2021/cx-5/contents/04030101.html
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@jon-nyc said in Bought a car today:
It’s the Mazda app telling me I left the door unlocked. So I opened the app on my phone, and locked it.
Does that car have an old school lock that you can open with a physical key? It would suck if a hacker or system multifunction locks you out of your car and you cannot override with a physical key. Also hope all that remote control stuff is completely physically isolated from the drive/steering system. Last think you want is for anything to remotely temper with your acceleration, breaking, steering, or gear shifting controls while you drive. If it were me I would also put the driver seat adjustment, head lights, signal lights, and wiper controls out of the mobile app's reach.
wrote on 7 May 2021, 18:00 last edited by jon-nyc 5 Jul 2021, 18:00@axtremus said in Bought a car today:
Also hope all that remote control stuff is completely physically isolated from the drive/steering system. Last think you want is for anything to remotely temper with your acceleration, breaking, steering, or gear shifting controls while you drive. If it were me I would also put the driver seat adjustment, head lights, signal lights, and wiper controls out of the mobile app's reach.
All you can control is start/stop engine, lock/unlock doors, and turn on/off hazards.
And lots of 'read only' stuff - fuel levels, oil life, stuff like that.
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@jon-nyc said in Bought a car today:
It’s the Mazda app telling me I left the door unlocked. So I opened the app on my phone, and locked it.
Does that car have an old school lock that you can open with a physical key? It would suck if a hacker or system multifunction locks you out of your car and you cannot override with a physical key. Also hope all that remote control stuff is completely physically isolated from the drive/steering system. Last think you want is for anything to remotely temper with your acceleration, breaking, steering, or gear shifting controls while you drive. If it were me I would also put the driver seat adjustment, head lights, signal lights, and wiper controls out of the mobile app's reach.
wrote on 7 May 2021, 18:12 last edited by@axtremus said in Bought a car today:
Last think you want is for anything to remotely temper with your acceleration, breaking, steering, or gear shifting controls while you drive.
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wrote on 7 May 2021, 18:59 last edited by
Check out what you have to do to use the old-school key in my car
You have to pry off the handle cover, I never came close to figuring that out, I had to go to the owner's manual.
Link to video